单词 | anglo-saxonic |
释义 | Anglo-Saxonicadj.n. = Anglo-Saxon adj., in various senses. Also as n.In early use, perhaps = Old Saxon adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > Old English Saxony1565 English-Saxon1566 Old English?1566 Saxon1589 Anglo-Saxonic1672 Anglo-Saxona1675 Saxonic1678 1672 W. Penn Spirit of Truth Vindicated 53 Besides, several other Languages, amongst others a Gothick and Anglo-Saxonick Testament. 1686 R. Parr Life J. Usher 101 His great activity..to advance the Restauration of our old Northern Antiquities, which lay buried in the Gothick, Anglo-Saxonick, and other the like obsolete Languages. 1731 J. Lewis Compl. Hist. Ser. Transl. Bible i. 2 In his Observations on the Anglo-Saxonic Version of the Gospels. 1739 J. Lewis Compl. Hist. Transl. Bible into Eng. (ed. 2) i. 7 To note what Books of the Old Testament he translated into Anglo-Saxonic. 1796 Ann. Reg. 1767 (ed. 5) 150/1 The heavy Gothic by Sir C. Wren is distinguished as Anglo-Saxonic, the lighter as Saracenic. 1847 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 143/2 (note) Expressions like the foregoing do not occur in the older and more truly Anglo-Saxonic period. 1955 Americas 12 215 The Anglo-Saxonic peoples broke religious unity with the Reformation and dedicated their forces to the development of the exact sciences, economics, industry and commerce. 1998 NBC News Transcripts (Nexis) 5 Oct. In a rather Anglo-Saxonic way, not the Greek way. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1672 |
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